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Air pollution is one of the most devastating types of pollution. Because it can cause many deadly diseases from bronchitis, pneumonia it can also cause heart disease and lung cancer. One of the worst things it can cause is birth defects. 2.5 million people die a year from air pollution.
Some causes of air pollution is cars and other man made vehicles like planes,helicopters and even shipping boats. A lot of small things like cigarettes and aerosol which are anything that sprays out of a can even hair spray and medical sprays cause air pollution. One cause of pollution might surprise you it’s smoke from forest fires and ash from volcanoes this type of pollution is called natural sources.
Entire ecosystems can feel the effects of pollution by creating haze that can stop animals from seeing where there going and it obscures colours. The particles eventually fall back on to earth and can go in the soil and kill crops and other plants. When sulfer dioxide and nitrogen oxide mix it can create acid rain that can damage crops. They come from cars and other fossil fuels .
Walking and biking is one of the best ways to stop air pollution. Scientists from the university’s Oxford and Bath did a study to find out how much pollution a car causes in its life, the number was 8000 British pounds which is 10728.97 American dollars in medical bills. Another thing that causes pollution are factories, they produce 50% of the pollution in U.S.A. But every day more and more people start walking and taking public transportation .
Some ways that people are stopping air pollution is by saving energy because air polluting particles go in the air. Another way is to use eco friendly products in your home even some paints can cause air pollution. An easy way to help that a lot of people are doing is planting trees .
